Expansion of the salmon industry in one Aussie state has been halted in a major decision slammed as being “shameful” and “strangling growth”.
Clareese Packer
A $50,000 prize hopes to encourage the next generation of female leadership in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
Maeve Bannister
The two men are facing a possible $100,000 fine for chasing the dolphins on their jet skis, which are a protected species in South Australian waters.
Alexandra Feiam
An 11-year-old filmmaker is the current pride of Little Grove Primary School, after her short film detailing the effects of climate change on coral spawning was honoured in Australia’s leading science awards.
Melissa Sheil
A young boy has relived the moment he was attacked by a shark while surfing, leaving him screaming for help in the water when his board was smashed to pieces.
Blake Antrobus
Residents reported seeing a large orange flame light up the skies before it crashed to the ground, creating a thunderous bang.
Two Perth researchers are leading the world in the fight to cure vascular disease after discovering a way to dissolve the plaque that clogs arteries.
Hannah Cross
Has anyone ever told you to ‘think positively’ or ‘develop a winner’s mentality’? It doesn’t tend to work, does it? Nerves of Steel author Ger Post reveals what it really takes to succeed under pressure.
Katie Hampson
One of Britain’s leading nuclear scientists says Australia will face consequences if it continues to reject nuclear energy.
Jessica Wang
A phenomenon which only occurs once every two-and-a-half years will be observable in Australian skies towards the end of August.
Jack Nivison
A forensic laboratory is under intense scrutiny after a review uncovered serious failings, including hundreds of untested rape kits.
Andrew Hedgman
A pioneering sound artist who’s been dead for four years is creating music from beyond the grave using lab-grown brain tissue.
Murdoch University is putting the pedal to the metal to put WA at the forefront of global battery demand.
Michael Palmer
It wasn’t in the air for long, but an Australian-built rocket has been launched from home soil for the first time.
Archaeologists have identified a 250-year-old shipwreck uncovered on a remote Scottish beach.
Jill Lawless
Researchers at The University of Western Australia are deploying a national network of wave buoys to revolutionise the way we understand the changes driven by waves in Australia.
Amy Cavender
Western Australia’s new chief scientist wants to influence more children and school students to take an interest in the field as he looks to foster home-grown talent.
Oliver Lane
They are mega-popular, having sold more than 100 million albums, but scientists have found that their new songs sound a lot like their old ones. Do you agree?
Troy de Ruyter
A groundbreaking Aussie company has locked in its second attempt at joining the space race, with the very first Australian-made rocket set to launch in days.
Blair Jackson
Scientists have raised ‘urgent concerns’ after the discovery of new bat pathogens in China that are closely related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses.
Ben O'Shea
Regional students will be challenged to experiment with renewable energy science kits in a bid to encourage them to consider roles in the energy transition.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Humans freezing themselves for another chance at life is happening in Australia and overseas right now. Thousands more have signed up for it. But would you pay $200,000 for a chance to come back from the dead?
Across his 96 years of life — highlights of which include identifying WA’s most iconic crustacean, being a dual-code State sportsman, and detailing Albany’s golf club — receiving an OAM tops Ray George’s list.
Drought conditions have likely pushed a usually ground-dwelling marsupial into uncharted territory, a team of ecologists have accidentally found.
